Supervisory control system



1386.6, 1938. p BQSWAU 2,139,352

SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM Original Filed May 27, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Hams R Boswau Dec. 6, 1938.

H. P. BOSWAU S-UPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM Original Filed May 27, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Hans/ Bosh/an ATTORNEY Dec. 6, 1938.

WITNESSES EMM H. P. BOSWAU SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM Original Filed May 27, .1932

4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTC JR v Hans Rfioswau ATTORNEY D c. s, 1938. HIP, BQSWAU 2,139,352

SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM Original Filed May 27, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR Hans PBosn/du Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITED STATES SUPER-VISORY CONTROL SYSTEM Hans P. Boswau, Gallon, Ohio, assignor to The North Electric Mfg. Company, a corporation of Ohio Application May 27, 1932, Serial No. 613,863 Renewed October 30, 1937 12 Claims.

My invention relates to signalling systems and more particularly to supervisory control systems in which a dispatcher located at a central dispatching point selectively controls a plurality of circuit breakers and other power apparatus units located at the remotely-disposed substation over a minimum number of wires.

Heretofore, supervisory control of remotelydisposed apparatus units has been accomplished in the case of code controlling systems, by means of the transmission of individual code combination of impulse conditions from the central dispatching oflice to the substation, a movable member at the dispatchers offioe controlling the rate of transmission of the code combinations and a similar movable member at the substation operating in synchronism with the transmitting mechanism receiving and distributing the code combination of impulse conditions to selector mechanism which operates in response to these codes to select a unit for operation. As is well known, such code systems depend for accuracy of selection upon the synchronous operation of the code transmitter and the code receiver.

A second type of system known as the synchronous selection system provides synchronouslyoperating members such as chains of relays or rotatable members, which,.as they operate in synchronism step by step, permit direct successive control of power apparatus units from the central station. In this system also as will be obvious the accuracy of operation depends upon the synchronous operation of the apparatus units.

Not only are the above described systems dependent upon synchronous operation of the transmitting and receiving apparatus, but an appreciable fixed time interval must invariably elapse from the starting of operation before the selected unit is reached for operation.

Supervisory control operations, although occurring a large number of times in any one system during a normal operating day, must, when such operations are to be made, operate with as great rapidity as possible because of the importance of each power operation. Accordingly, an instantaneous supervisory control system, i; e., a system operating in a fraction of a second, has long been sought.

I have as a main object of my invention, the provision of means for instantaneously supervising and controlling remotely disposed apparatus units from the central station over a direct current system.

i A further object of my invention is to provide remote-selective control and supervision of apparatus units utilizing direct current selecting impulses with selecting mechanism which is independent of synchronously-operating apparatus.

Another object of my invention is to provide a code supervisory system which is instantaneous in operation, requires no synchronism, indicates the correctness of each selection made before the units in the selection can be operated by the dispatcher, all of these operations including the selection, checking of the selection, control and supervision being performed over four line wires. A still further object of my invention is to provide a code-operating supervisory control system in which the code comprises a single undivided impulse over a plurality of line wires.

A further object of my invention is to provide a code-operated supervisory control system in which direct control of a selected unit may be I obtained.

There are other objects of my invention which together with the foregoing will appear in the detailed description which is to follow.

The supervisory control system described herein and shown on the drawings forming a part of this application permits the selection of any one of fifty points over four line wires in substantially instantaneous operation. No stepping or successive operations of counting relays is required, one single and undivided impulse over the four line wires being sufficient to select the desired point.

For an operation the dispatcher depresses a non-locking point-selecting key until he is informed by the glowing of a point-selecting lamp that the desired point is connected to the line Q wires and ready for the reception of an operation. The point-selecting key is then released and the desired operation performed by means of the individual control key and the commonoperation control key as will be described. After the operation is performed the connection may be released by depressing the release key or by depressing another point-selecting key preparatory to the performance of a second operation.

In normal conditions an operating circuit, extending to both the dispatchers office and to the remote substation at which the units to be controlled are located, is held in readiness for operation over a circuit through two of the line wires and a relay at each end in series. As soon as an operation is initiated from the dispatchers end or a supervisory indication originates from the substation, this normal circuit is opened in order to disconnect the starting relay at the end which is to act as the receiving end in the succeeding function. By this means interference is effectively prevented when both ends attempt to initiate a selection simultaneously.

If the dispatcher originates the selection a single impulse is transmitted from the office to the substation after the normal circuit has been opened. A different combination of positive and negative battery is applied to the four linewires for each of the fifty points, thereby energizing the selection relay of the desired point at the substation, through intermediate code receiving relays.

When the point-selection relay at the substation is energized, it sends a second single impulse back to the dispatchers office where this impulse in turn causes the operation of the proper pointselecting relay at the dispatchers oflice. The polarity combination of the returned impulse is preferably different from that of the first impulse in order to provide double insurance that the proper relay has been selected at the substation. Simultaneously with the operation of the point-selection relay at the oflice, theassociated point-selection lamp is caused to glow, thus informing the dispatcher that the selection has been completed and is correct.

If, for any reason, a point-selection relay, other than the desired one, has been selected at the substation, a polarity combination will be returned to the oflice which will cause the glowing of a point-selection lamp not associated with the originating point. If, on the other hand, the correct point-selection relay has been operated at the substation, but the return impulse fails to energize the correct point-selection relay at the oifice, the point selection of the originating lamp will not glow, but that of another point.

Therefore, if the dispatcher sees the point selection lamp of the selected point glow, he is assured that the established connection is correct. The only possibility for an error in this indication would be the simultaneous occurrence of two separate and dissimilar faults in the impulses, one of which would cause the operation of a wrong selection relay at the substation while the second failure in the return impulse would have to be such that the first error is rectified. The probability of two distinct faults one of which must have a definite relation to the other, occurring at the proper time is so extremely remote that it may be safely disregarded particularly if the polarity combination of the return impulse is different from that of the first impulse.

The point-selection relays remain energized and two of the line conductors are connected through to the individual point equipment for control and supervision while the remaining two line wires are utilized to maintain the connection until either the release key or another pointselection key is depressed and an alarm may be provided to insure the release of the selection by the dispatcher.

If an automatic operation occurring at the substation is to transmit the corresponding supervisory indication to the ofiice, the associated point-selection relay at the substation is energized in a local circuit. Thereafter a single group of impulses is sent to the oflice causing the operation thereat of the corresponding point selection relay. Thecontrol and supervisory line wires are then connected through and the supervisory indication transmitted to the 'ofiice. The connection is maintained until the supervisory lamp at the ofiice has actually changed to agree with the new position of the supervisory device whereupon the connection is automatically released and the circuit returns to its normal rest condition.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a circuit diagram of the point-selecting and code-receiving apparatus located at the dispatchers oflice.

Fig. 2 is a circuit diagram of the point-selecting and code-transmitting apparatus at the dispatchers ofiice.

Fig; 3 is a circuit diagram of the point-selecting and code-receiving apparatus at the substation, and

Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of the point-selecting and code-transmitting apparatus at the substation.

-Before describing the apparatus in detail, a general description of the function of the various relays will first be given in order to make the subsequent operations described more obvious.

In-Figure -1, the mechanism shown at IOI and I02 indicates the point selecting equipment employed and comprises a supervisory lamp I03 for indicating tripped conditions of an associated remote circuit breaker, a supervisory lamp I04 for indicatingclosed indication of the same breaker, a disagreement lamp I05 which, as will be described, is illuminated when the condition of the remote breaker does not agree with the position of the control key, a control key I06 which controls the operation of the selected unit, a point selecting key I01 which is of the non-locking push-button type and which controls the code transmission for a remote selection and the point selection lamp I08 which, when illuminated, indicates the remote selection which has been made to advise the dispatcher whether he'is about to operate the correct unit.

It will be clear that the point-selecting equipment I02 is similar to'that described in connection with the point-selecting equipment I M with the exception of the point-selection key I09 which controls two contacts for a difierent code combination as will appear in more detailhereinafter. The same trip indicating lamp I I I, closed indicating lamp lamp I I3, operating control key I I4 and pointselecting lamp I I5, areprovided.

Associated with each point-selecting position IOI and I02 are supervisory relays I I6 and Ill, respectively, which, as will appear hereinafter, are operated in accordance with a received code combination to control the circuits of the individual lamps I03 and I04, and III and H2, respectively. There are also provided for the selecting positions, point-selecting relays H8 and H9, respectively, which are operated in response to a received supervisory code combination of impulse conditions from the remote station for connecting the subsequent supervisory circuit to the individual supervisory relay such as H6 and II I, respectively.

The circuits for point-selecting relays H8 and H9 are in turn controlled by the joint operation of the armatures of relays I2I to I34 the circuits for relays I25 to I34 being controlled by relays I31 to I40. Relays I2I to I24 and relays I31 to I40 are controlled by the polar receiving relays I44 to I5I which relays, as will appear from the detailed description to follow, are operated in accordance with 'a received supervisory code of a remote selection or operation.

In Figure 2, a further point-selecting equip ment 20I comprising a closed circuit condition lamp 202, a tripped circuit condition lamp 203, a disagreement indication lamp 204, operating key 205, point-selecting key 206 and point-selecting indicating lamp 201., is provided. It will be understood that, although three such point-selecting equipments I0I, I02 and 20I is-here disclosed, a much larger number extending at least to fifty such point selections may, if desired, be provided in my system. The point-selecting equipment MI is also provided with the supervisory relay 208 and individual selecting relay 209, as in the above case. For all such point-selecting-equip- II2, disagreement indicating.

ments, there is provided in addition, the common equipment comprising one operation control key 2!! and a release key 2I2.

Relays 2I6 to 223 are operated in accordance with the particular point-selecting key which has operated to control the transmission of a selection codev to the remote station. Connected in the normally closed holding line circuit is a line holding relay 224. A relay 225 operates in response to the depression of any one of the individual keys to open the normal circuit including the relay 224 for starting the apparatus into operation. A relay 225, which is of the slow-acting type, is controlled by the line relay 224' and in turn operates in conjunction with relay 225 to control the relay 221 which, at its armatures,

functions to switch the signalling line extending from the remote station from the receiving coderesponsive relays I44 to I5! in Fig. 1, to the codetransmitting relays 2I6 to 223 when a control code is to be transmitted. The relay 221 oper-- ates jointly with the slow-to-release relay 228 to control the slow-to-release relay 229 which opens the receiving supervisory circuit after the supervisory code has been received. To permit completion of the operation, relay 23! is controlled in turn by relay 232 which is operated in series with any one of the supervisory code responsive relays I2! to I24, or I31 to I40, when operated by the relays I44 to I5I. Relay 23! also controls the relay 233, which switches the signalling lines 234 to 231 from the position shown to their alternate contacts for the final supervisory and control operations. Relay 24!, jointly controlled by relays 22B and 228, further controls the switching operation of the signalling lines as will appear more fully hereinafter.

In addition to the above relays, other relay operations such as relays 242 and 243 controlled over the individual selecting point and relays 244 and 245, operated by the common operating key 2 I I, will be described more fully hereinafter.

In Fig. 3, control code-responsive relays 33! to 308, operating in response to received controlcode combinations, function to control relays 399 to 3I2, and 3I3 to 3I6. Relays 3I3 to 3I6 in turn control the circuit over a pyramid selection to the relays 3I1 to 326. Relays 309 to 3I2, and 3I1 to 326 function jointly to control, over a pyramid selection, individual point-selecting relays such as 321 and 329 which, in turn, close circuits to in dividual closing and tripping magnets 329 and 330 which function to control operating solenoids 332 and 333 of breakers such as breaker 33!. Supervisory relay 334 individual to the circuit breaker 33!, over its armatures, controls a supervisory circuit through the point selecting contacts of relay 321. Relay 336, also individual to the breaker 33!, operates in response to an automatic operation for storing the supervisory code as will appear more fully hereinafter.

Although only one such breaker 33! is shown, it will be readily understood that other breakers, controlled by similar individual equipment such as relays 323 and relays 338 and 339, one equipment for each of the individual operating positions at the dispatchers office, are provided in practice.

In Figure 4:, further selective equipment is shown by the point-selecting relay 40! and relays 402 and 493 which are individual to a further selecting position as in the case of relay 321 and its associated circuit breaker equipment. Relays 404 to 408 are operated in. a manner to be described in detail hereinafter to control the order As in. the case of the control ofiice, a line relay 42! is provided which is normally held energized over the line and which is deenergized, as will appear hereinafter, either in response to an -automatic operation or to the opening of a line in response to a control operation from the dispatchers office. The relay 42! in turn controls the energizing circuit of the slow-release relay 422 which in turn controls the circuit of relay 423.

The relay 423, as will appear hereinafter, cooperates with relays 424 and 425 to control the switching of the signalling lines 234 to 231 from the control to supervision or check positions as the case may be. Relay 426 is operated to open the circuit to the supervisory-receivingrelay following the operation of the supervisory equipment in a manner to be described. Relay 421 operates in response to the supervisory operation to control the energization of relay 428. Relay 429 is operated jointly by relays 428 and 424 in response to a supervisory operation for opening the supervisory line. In addition, relays 43!, 432 and 433 function in a. manner to be described in detail in connection with the actual operations which will now be described.

Normally an energizing circuit is completed for the line relay 224 at the dispatchers office and line relay 42! at the substation which extends from negative battery at the substation through the winding of the line relay 42!, conductor 44!, through the back contact and armature 482, back contact and armature 416, over conductor 236, third armature 295 and its back contact, armature 293 and its back contact, through the winding of the relay 224, armature 213 and its back contact, back contact and armature 293, fourth back contact andarmature 295, conductor 231, armature 410', and its back contact, the armature 482' and its back contact, armature 46! and its back contact to positive battery. Relays 224,

at the office and 42 I, at the substation, are energized in. series over this circuit.

Relay 224, at the office, as a result of its energization, holds the circuit of the slow-release relay 226 closed, at its armature 219, and at its armature 218, prepares an energizing circuit for the relay 225.

At the substation the energization of line relay 42l holds the energizing circuit of the slow-release relay 422 closed at armature 496 and at armature 463, prepares an energizing circuit for the relay 432.

It will be assumed that the dispatcher desires to control one of the remote circuit breakers, as for example, breaker 33 I. In order to operate the breaker hewill depress the point-selecting key I01. When the point-selecting key I01 is de pressed by the dispatcher, a predetermined combination oi the relays 2I6 to 223 are energized preparatory to sending out the code combination individual to the selecting point associated with the depressed point-selecting key. In the present case, an energizing circuit is completed for relays 223 and 220 over a circuit from negative battery through the winding of the relay 220, conductor 296, through the contacts of key I01, conductor 291 and through the winding of the relay 223 to positive battery. Relays 220 and 223 are energized in series over this circuit and operate their armatures-to their front contactspreparatory to transmitting a predetermined code combination.

As a result of the energization of relays 220 and 223, an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 225 from negative battery through the -winding of the relay 225, armature 212 and its back contact, the front contact and. armature 218, back contact and armature 210 and through the second armature and front contact of relay 220 or of relay 223 to positive battery. -As a result of the energization of relay 225, this relay is looked over a circuit from negative battery through the winding of relay 225, armature 212 and its back contact, front contact and armature 216, back contact and armature 210 and over the second armature of either relays 220 or 223 to positive battery. Further results of the energiza'tion of relay 225 are to place positive on the conductor 291 at armature 214 and its front contact, to prepare a circuit for the relay 290 at armature 215, to prepare a circuit for relay 221' at armature 211 and to open the normal enerthe line relays gizing circuit traced above for 224 and 42l at armature 213. 1

As a result of the latter operation, the line relays 224 and 42l are deenergized. Armatures 218 and 219 drop to their back contacts, the former, however, having no effect inasmuch as relay 225 which was originally energized'over the front contact of armature 218 is now looked over its own armature 216 through the circuit traced above. The movement of armature 219 to dis engage its contact, however, opens the energizing circuit of the relay 226, which is a slowrelease relay'and does not permit its armature to drop to its back contact for an interval of time thereafter.

During the period while the armature 282 is still in engagement with its front contact and armature 211 engages its front contact as a result of the energization of relay 225, as described above, an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 221 from negative battery through the winding of relay 221', front contact and armature 211, front contact and armature 282 and back contact and armature 28!, to positive battery. Relay 221' is energized over this circuit and at its armature 29! completes an obvious energizing circuit for the relay 229, which upon energization moves its armatures 290 to disengage their back contacts which are connected,

as described hereinbefore, to the supervisory code responsive relays I44 to IE! and these relays are, accordingly, temporarily rendered nonoperative in response to any operations occurring at this time. At armature 289, positive battery from a further source is supplied to the: conductor 291 but this has no effect at this time.

A further result of the energization of relay 221 is to actuate its armature 292 which are associated with the signalling lines, from engagement with their back contacts extending through the armatures 290 to the supervisory code receiving relays, to their front contacts which extend to the contacts of the control code transmitting relays 216 to 223, in preparation for the transmission of the control codes. However, this code circuit is not completed at this time because of the position of the armatures 293 in engagement with their back contacts.

Upon the deenergization of the slow-release relay 226 as a result of the interruption of its energizing circuit when relay 224 was deener- -gized as described above, an energizing circuit 'iscompleted for the relay '24! from negative battery through the winding of the relay '24! back contact and armature 282 and back contact and armature 28l to positive battery. Relay 24!, upon energization, operates its armatures '293 to engagement with their front contacts and the signalling lines 234 to 231 are'finally extended through to the armatures of relays 216 to 223 for transmission of the control code to the substation.

During the period While the above described operations have been occurring at the dispatchers oifice, the cleenergization of the line relay 42!, at the substation, at armature 463 opens the circuit for relay 432, thereby preventing the starting of the system from the substation due to an automatic operation which takes place thereat. The deenergization of relay 42l also opens the energizing circuit for relay 422 at its armature 406, but the relay 422 being a slowrelease relay will remain energized for an interval of time after its energizing circuit has been. opened. After an interval of time, however, relay 422 deenergizes and operates its armature 495 to engage its back contact and an energizing circuit is thereupon completed for the relay 423 from negative side of battery through the winding of the relay'423, conductor 491, back contact and armature 495, and the back contact and armature 465 to the positive side of battery.

As a result of the energization of the relay 423,

they connection through to the control codereceiving relays to 308, is completed. A circuit is now completed extending from positive battery at relay 223 over the front contact and its first armature, through the front contact and first armature of the armature group 292, the front contact and first armature of armature group 293, the back contact and first armature of the group 205, conductor 234, the first armature and the back contact of group 416, the first armature and its front contact of the group 482, the first armature and its back contact of the group 484, the first armature and its back contact of the group 469, conductor 498, the windings of the polar receiving relays 308, 301, 305 and 306 in series, conductor 499, the second armature and its back contact of the group 469, back contact and third armature of the group 484, front contact and second armature of the group 482, back contact and second armature of the group 416, conductor 235, the second armature and its back contact of the group 295, second armature and front contact of the'group 293, the second armature and its front contact of the group 252, the first armature and its back contact of the relay 22I and the armature of relay 220 and its front contact to negative battery. It will be noted that receiving relays 305, 306, 381 and 308, were connected in this circuit, however, the direction of current is such that only relays 3E5 and 308 are operated to move their armatures to the opposite positions from that shown.

It will be readily understood that similarly any number of code combinations may be'transmitted over the signalling lines. Thus, for example, a positive impulse may be transmitted over the first line and a negative over the second, third or fourth lines; a positive over the second line and over either the third or four lines, a positive over the third line and a. negative over the fourth. To extend the combinations, I can send a positive over the first and second lines and a negative over the third or fourth, a positive over the first and third and a negative over the fourth and so on. It will be clear from the above, that inasmuch as I can use either just two of the lines or any number up to all of them and with any combination of polarities so that with the four lines at least fifty combinations are possible.

The following table shows the various code combinations that may be transmitted over the signalling lines as described in the preceding paragraph.

Signalling lines used 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3dr 4th As a result of the energization of relay 305 an energizing circuit is completed for relays: 3| I and 421, which extends from negative battery, winding of relay 3| I, upper contact and armature of the relay 305, conductor 499' and through the winding of the relay 421 to positive battery. Relays 421 and 3 are energized in. series over this circuit. Relay 3 operates its bank of armatures 3Ila to 3| Id, into engagement with their front contacts. The armatures of relays 309 to 3I2, are connected in pyramidal relation, which is an arrangement well known in the art.

As a result of the energization of relay 308, a circuit is simultaneously completed for the relay 3 I 6 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 3I6, the lower contact and armature of the relay 30B and conductor 499' and the Winding of the relay 421 to positive battery as traced above. Relay 3I6 upon energization, operates its group of armatures 3 I 6a to 3 I-6g, into engagement with their front contact members.

As a result of the energization of relay 3I6, a

v circuit is completed from positive battery through the armature 3 I311 and its back contact, through the armature 3I4b and its back contact, through the armature 3I5cZ and its back contact armature 3I6g and its front contact, and through the winding of the relay 3I1 to negative battery.

Relay 3I1, upon energization, actuates its armatures 3I1a to 3I1f into engagement with their front contacts and completes the final operating circuit for the point selecting relay 321 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 321 to the armature 3I1y and its front contact, armature 3 I2,f and its back contact, armature 3| Id and its front contact, armature 3I0b and its back contact, and armature 309a and its back contact to positive battery.

Relay 321 upon energization, operates all of its contacts 312 to 318 to their closed position. At the first contact 318 an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 43I from negative battery through the winding of relay 43I, conductor M0, the contacts 318, front contact and armature 3H and armatures 3I2,f, 3| Id, 3I0b and 309a, as traced above, to positive battery.

Relay 43| energizes and at its armature 493 prepares a locking circuit for itself and for relay 321. At armature 494 it opens a possible energizing circuit for the relay 432 and at armature 492 it prepares an energizing circuit for the relay 426 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 426 to the armature 492 and its front contact, and the back contact and armature 465, and back contact and armature 461 but this circuit is held open at the back contact and armature 461 of relay 421 energized.

- Referring now to the dispatchers office, it will be recalled that during the interval following the energization of relay 225 and before slow-release relay 226 has a chance to deenergize, relay 221' was energized and the above described control code was transmitted.

After an interval, slow-release relay 226 deenergizes and opens the energizing circuit of slowrelease relay 221. Relay 221' denergizes after an interval opening the control code circuit at armatures 292 and preparing the supervisory receiving circuits to armatures 290.

However, slow-release relay 229 has also been energized by relay 221 at armature 29I and accordingly the supervisory circuits are still held open at armatures 290 until relay 229 denergizes. An interval is thus provided after the opening of the control code circuit before the supervisory code receiving circuit is completed. During this interval the operations preparatory for the transmission of the supervisory code combination now I to be described are completed.

As a result of the opening of the control code circuit, the relays 308 and 305 which were operated are deenergized and their armatures return to their normal position as shown. Relays 3| I, 3|6, 3I1 and 421 are accordingly deenergized.

As a result of the deenergization of relay 421, an energizing circuit is completed for relay 426 from negative battery through the winding of relay 426, armature 492 and its front contact, back contact and armature 465 and back contact and armature 461 to positive battery. Relay 426 holds the control code receiving circuit open at armatures 469. A further result of the deenergization of relay 421 is to open the energizing circuit for relay 428 at armature 461.

After the deenergization of slow-release-relay 428, an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 424 from negative battery through the winding of relay 424, the front contact and armature 468, back contact and armature 481, back contact and armature 490, front contact and armature 49I to positive battery. Relay 424 upon operation actuates its bank of armatures 484 into engagement with their front contacts in preparation for transmitting a checking code indicative of the selection which has been made, and, at armature 486, an energizing circuit is prepared for the relay 429 which, however, is not effective at this time.

Referring again to the effect of the operation of the point selecting relay 321; as a further result of the energization of this relay energizing circuits are completed for a combination: of the check or supervisory code-sending relays 4I'I to 4| 8 as follows. From positive battery through the winding of the relay H2 and the conductor connected thereto, through the contact 314 and the winding of the relay M1 to negative battery.

A multiple circuit may be traced from the winding of the relay 4I2 over the circuit traced above through the contact- 312 and the winding of the relay M3 to negative battery. Another multiple circuit may be traced over the contact 313 and through the winding of the relay. M to negative battery. In accordance with these energizing circuits, relays 412, M3, M5. and M1, are energized and prepare at their armatures, circuits for the transmission of a supervisory, or checking code indicative of the selection. which has been made.

At the dispatchers office it will be recalled that the relay 221' was denergized and in turn opened the energizing circuit for slow-release relay 229. Slow-release relay 229 now deenergizes andprepares the receiving apparatus at the dispatchers office for operation in accordance with the. check circuit.

It will be recalled that the relays 4I2, 4| 3, M5 and M1 were energized to determine the supervisory check circuit code which may now be traced as follows; from positive battery through the front contact and armature of the relay 4I2, over the front contact and last armature of the group 484, the front contact and fourth armature of the group 482, back contact and fourth armature of group 416, conductor 231, the fourth armature and back contact of the group 295, the fourth armature and its front contact of the group 293, the fourth armature and its back contact of the group 292, the fourth armature and back contact of the group 290, the windings of relays I5I, I41, I46 and I50, the third armature and its back contact of the group 290, third armature and its back contact of the group 292, third armature and its front'contact of the'group 293, third armature and its'back contact of group 2-95, conductor 236, the third armature and back contact of the group 416, the third armature and front contact of the group 482, the fourth armature and front contact of the group 484 to the armature and back contact of the relay M4,

the armature and front contact of the relay M3 to negative battery.

Multiple circuits of those traced above extend through the relays I5I and I41 to the relays I45 and I 49' over the armatures of the groups 290, 292, 293, 295, conductor 235, armatures 416, 482, 484, armature of relay M6 and its back contact and armature of relay M5 and itsfront contact to negative battery. A further multiple circuit may be traced through the relays I44'and I48 in series, armatures 290, 292; 293, 295, conductor 234 through the armatures of group 416, 482, 484, armature of the relay M8 and its back contact and the armature of relay 4| 1 and its front contact to negative battery. Only the relays I5I, I46, I45 and I44 receive the correct polarity to cause their respective armature operations. The remaining relays I41, I48, I49 and I 50' arenot operated.

As a result of the energization and operation of relay I44, an energizing circuit is completed for the relays I24 and 232 from negative battery through the winding of the relay I24 to the upper contact'and armature of relay I44, conductor I52 and winding of the relay 232, to positive-battery. A multiple circuit is also completed. for the relay I23 from negative battery through. the winding of the relay I23, upper contact and armature of relay I45, conductor I52, and the winding of relay 232 to positive battery. Acircuit is also completed for the relay I22 from negative battery through. the winding of the relay I22, the upper contact and armature of the relay I46, conductor I52 and-the winding of the relay 232 to positive battery, As a result of the energization of relay I51 an energizing. circuit is completed for the relay I40from' negative'batterythrough the winding of the relay. I40.- to the lower contact and armature of relay I 5I' conductor I52 and the winding'of'relay 232- to positive battery.

The relays I22 to I24, upon energizatiomoperate their respective armatures which are shown on the same level with. these relays. Asa result of the energization of relay I 40, the armature Milo shown on the same vertical plane with this relay is operated to engage its lower contact and completes an energizing circuit from positive battery through this armature I 40a in engagement with its lower contact to armature I39a and its upper contact, armature I38b and its upper contact, armature I31c and'its back contact, and through the winding of the relay I3I to negative battery. However, as will appear hereinafter, the energization of relay I3I has no effeet as the necessary combination is set up by the other three relays I22 to I24.

Relays I22 to I24, upon operation, complete a circuit from positive battery the armature: I2 Ia its back contact, the armature I22b and its front contact, the armature I230 and its front contact the armature H240? and its front contact and through the winding of the point selecting relay H8 to negative battery and in multiple through check lamp I08. Check lamp I08 is thereupon illuminated and indicates that the point selection made at the remote'substation in accordance with the control code previously transmitted.

Point selecting relay II8, upon energization,- completes an energizing circuit for the relay 22 1' from negative battery through the winding of the relay 221, through the contact I 68 over the circuit including the armatures I-24d, I230, I221) and I-2Ia to positive battery. Relay 221, upon energization, establishes its own holding circuit at armature 284, and at armatures 205 pre-- pares a multiple circuit for relay 229 which, however; is open at armature 288 and at armature 286 prepares a circuit for relay 233' now held open at armature 281' and at armature 281 it prepares a circuit for conductor 231.

The operator upon noting the illumination of lamp I08, releases the key I01, thereby restoring relays 220 and 223. over armature 210 is now locked over an ener gizing circuit for the relays 225 and 298 in series from positive battery through the key 2I2, the winding of the relay 298, armature 215 and its front contact, back contact and armature 212 and through the winding of the relay 225 to negative battery. Relays 298 and 225 are energized in'series over this circuit. Relay 225 can now bedeenergized only upon the operation of the releasing key 2I2 or by depressing another point selecting key, as will appear hereinafter.

During the above described operation, relay 232' which was described as operated in series with the relays I 22 to I24 and I40, is energized and Relay 225 previously lockedoperates to complete an obvious energizing circuit over its armature 288 and front contact for the slow-release relay 23! which upon energization opens a possible energizing circuit for the relay 233 at its armature 231.

During the time While the above described operations occurred at the oflice in response to the code transmitted from the substation indicating the selection made, similar restoring operations have been taking place at the substation.

It will be recalled that relay 424 was energized for the transmission of the check code. At the first armature of relay 424, a reenergizing circuit is completed for relay 428, which, upon energization, opens the energizing circuit for relay 424 at armature 498. Relay 424, being a slow relay, does not immediately permit its armatures to drop back, and therefore, an energizing circuit is completed while relay 424 is still in operated condition and relay 428 is energized, for relay 429. This circuit extends from negative battery through the winding of the relay 429, front contact and armature 486, front contact and armature 496, and the front contact and armature 49! to positive battery. Relay 429, upon energization, locks itself through the armature 488 and its front contact, back contact and armature 465' and the back contact and armature 461 to positive battery and at armature 481 prepares an energizing circuit for the relay 425.

After the deenergization of relay 424, relay 428 is deenergized at the first armature contact of relay 424. After slow-release relay 428 permits its armature 499 to drop to its back contact, an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 425 from negative battery through the wind ing of the relay 425, front contact and armature 481, back contact and armature 49!! and the front contact and armature 49! to positive battery.

Relay 425 upon energizing, operates its armatures 480 and 48! to their front contacts and the group of armatures 416 to their front contacts switching the signalling line to the alternate position shown, thereby disconnecting them from either the control code circuits or the checking circuits as traced above.

Relay 425, upon energization, also completes a locking circuit for itself at armature 488 from negative battery, through the winding of relay 425, armature 488 and its front contact and back contact and armature 498, and front contact and armature 49! to positive battery and at armature 48! completes an energizing circuit for the relay 433 from positive battery, front contact and armature 48! and to the winding of the relay 433 to negative battery. Relay 433, upon energization, opens the energizing circuit of the relay 423 at the armature 465, opens the energizing circuit of the relay 426, traced above, at armature 465' and the locking circuit of the relay 429 at armature 465'.

Relay 423, upon deenergization, again opens the circuits of the conductors 234 to 231 from either the check or code control circuits and prepares the original holding circuit over the third and fourth armatures of the group 482, traced above. Relay 426, upon deenergization, again prepares the receiving code control circuit at its group of armatures 469 and relay 429 at its armature 481 again prepares a circuit for the relay 424 for any subsequent cycle of operation.

Before, however, relay 428 has had a chance to deenergize, relay 415 is energized over a circuit from negative battery through the winding of the relay 415, front contact and the fourth armature of the group of armatures 416, conductor 231, the

fourth armature and front contact of the group of armatures 295 and front contact and armature 281 to positive battery which provides a re- 4 turn circuit over the front contact and armature 295, the conductor 236 acting as a common return and which, at the substation, is also connected to positive battery at armature 416 and its front contact. Relay 43! is accordingly held locked at armature 415.

Both the control and supervisory ends of the systems are now connected through for the control operation of the selected unit and for supervision, utilizing the lines 234 and 235 for control and supervision respectively, the line 231 for holding circuit and line 236 for the common return circuit.

In order to close the circuit breaker, the dispatcher will now depress the master control key 2! I to close its contacts. A circuit is now completed from positive battery at the point selecting relay I I8 through contact I 61 now closed over the upper contact of the closed operating key I86, through the lower closed contact of the master control key 2, back contact and armature 255, back contact and armature 260, through the closed contact I66 of the point selecting relay I I8, front contact and second armature of the bank 295, conductor 235, the second armature and. its front contact of the group 416, contact 315 of the point selecting relay 321', armature 319 and its back contact and through the winding of the relay 338 to negative battery.

Relay 33!! is energized and at its armature 383 closes an obvious energizing circuit for the closing solenoid 333. Closing solenoid 333 upon operation, operates its circuit breaker to the closed position. As a result of the closing of the breaker an obvious energizing circuit is completed over the pilot contact of the breaker 33! and through the relay 334. Relay 334, upon energization, operates its armature 319 from its back contact to its front contact preparing an energizing circuit for the tripping relay 329. The operation of relay 334 at armature 38! closes an obvious circuit for relay 336, which energizes and locks itself over armature 336.

As a result of the movement of armature 380 to its front contact, positive battery is removed therefrom and negative battery is connected through its front contact which extends over the contact 316, front contact and first armature of the group 416, conductor 234, first armature and front contact of the group 295, contact I65 of the point selecting relay I I8, armature I63 at its back contact and through the relay 242 to positive battery.

Relay 242, upon energization completes an energizing circuit for the supervisory relay I I6 from positive battery through the winding of the relay H6, contact I64, armature 251 and its front contact and armature 252 and its back contact to negative battery. Relay I6 is energized and locks itself over its armature I62, and, at armature !6!, it opens the energizing circuit for illuminating the lamp I83 which has been indicating the tripped condition of the breaker. At the front contact of armature I6I, it closes a circuit for the lamp I84 indicating a closed condition of the breaker, and, at armature I63, it switches the supervisory circuit from the relay 242 to the relay 243 to be operated thereafter in accordance with the trip condition of the breaker. The relay 242 upon energization also operates its armature 256 to its front contact for holding the positive batfiery circuit closed to conductor 291 at the dispatchers office until all of the operations described above have been completed.

The dispatcher has now completely operated a. unit and has received a supervisory indication of the operation of that unit. It may happen that the breaker was closed on a short circuit and will immediately trip. Unless the closing circuit is opened, the breaker will reclose, causing pumping of the breaker which is very undesirable. This condition is prevented by the energization of relay 242 which completes an energizing circuit for the relay 244 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 244, armature 258 and its front contact through the upper contact closed of the individual operating key I06 and through the contact I61 to positive battery. Relay 244, upon energization, locks itself over its armature 259 and at armature 260 opens the energizing control circuit to the breaker described above, thus, preventing automatic pumping in the event that the breaker should trip out on a short circuit as the locking circuit for relay 244 is madeindependent of supervisory relay 242.

In order to restore the apparatus to normal, the operator will now operate the non-locking release key 2E2 opening the locking circuit of the relays 225 and 298. Relay 225, it will be recalled, was locked in series with relay 298 and over the contact of the release key 2|2. Relay 225, upon deenergization, in turn opens the locking circuit for the relay 221 at armature 214 and also the locking circuit for relay H8 at this same armature and the point selecting relay H8 and relay 221 accordingly drop out.

The release of the point-selecting relay H8, opens the locking circuit of the relay 244, which, again, at its armature 260, prepares the control circuit for operation. Deenergization of the relay 221 opens the energizing circuit of the relay 233 at armature 286, and, at armature 281 opens the normal holding circuit traced above for the relay 415. At armature 285, the energizing circuit of the relay 229 is opened and after an interval of time this relay drops its armatures 290 to their back position in preparation for the next supervisory operation.

The deenergization of relay 415 opens the locking circuit of the relay 43| and the energizing circuit of the point selecting relay 321, which, upon releasing opens the selecting circuit completed to the circuit breaker 33!. The deenergization of relay 43l in turn opens the locking circuit of relay 425 at the armature MM and the normal holding circuit, for the relay 421 at the substation and relay 224 at the office, is again completed.

Relay 224 upon energization again completes an energizing circuit for the relay 226, and, relay 42l upon energization completes the energizing circuit for relay 422. The slow-release relay 228, the circuit of which was opened upon deenergization of relay 233 at armature 294, and relay 433 the circuit for which was opened at armature 48l upon deenergization of relay 425, now deenergize after an interval of time and the apparatus is restored to normal.

If the dispatcher, instead of depressing the release key 2|2 operates another point selecting key such as 206, an energizing circuit is completed for the relay 298 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 298 front contact and armature 210 and to the front contact of any one of the relays 2l6 to 223, inclusive, which have been energized in accordance with the individual-point-selecting key which is operated in the manner described hereinbefore in connection with key H31. Upon energization of relay 298',

the locking circuit for the relays 225 and 298 gized and the above described circuit for relay :15

225 is again completed thereby initiating a new connection. Operations then continue as described hereinbefore.

Summarizing the operations thus far described, it will be noted that, normally, the lines 234 and 235 are open circuited at armatures 293, at the dispatchers ofiice, and at armature 482, at the substation, while the conductors 236 and 231 are connected over the back contacts of armatures 293 to the line relay 224, at the office, and over the back contact of armatures 482 to the line relay 42 I, at the substation.

It will also be noted that the receiving apparatus including relays [44 to l5l, at the ofiice, are normally prepared for receiving supervisory codes over the armatures 290 which are normally in engagement with their back contacts, armatures 292 normally in engagement with their back contacts and armatures 295 normally in engagement with their back contacts. The only operation necessary to complete this circuit is the engagement of the armatures 293 with their front contacts.

At the substation, the control code receiving relays 30! to 308 are also normally in condition for receiving supervisory codes over the armatures 469 in engagement with their back contacts, armatures 484 in engagement with their back contacts and armatures 416 in engagement with their back contacts, the only operation necessary to complete the circuit to these relays being the operation of armatures 482 to engage their front contacts.

When the operation is started at the dispachers oifice in response to the closing of a key, the control code generating relays 216 to 223 are operated in various combinations depending upon the point selecting key which is operated. The relay 225 is thereupon operated which opens the circuit for the normal holding relay 224 at the armature 213, and prepares a circuit, at armature 215, for the subsequent energization of relay 298. Relay 225 locks itself over armature 216, and at armature 211, completes a circuit for the relay 221 which switches the line circuits connected over armatures 292 from the receiving relays to the armatures of relays 2 l6 to 223 for the transmission of the supervisory code.

It will be noted that the circuit for the relay 221 is completed over an armature of the relay 226 which latter relay is of the slow-release type. As a result of the deenergization of the line relay 224, relay 221 accordingly remains energized only a short period of time, this period being sufficiently long, however, to permit the transmission of the control selecting code. The operation of the relay 226 opens the energizing circuit of relay 221 and also completes an energizing circuit for the relay 2 at which point the control gized the relay 423.

gode circuit is completed over the lines 234 to At the substation, the deenergization of the line relay 42! deenergizes the relay 422 which ener- This is the only operation necessary to complete the control code receiving circuit through to the relays 30! to 308. The relays 30l to 388 are, accordingly, operated in accordance with the control code received de- 7 pending upon the operation of relays 2l6 to 223 and these in turn select one of the point-selecting relays, such as 321 for operation.

Energization of the point-selecting relay 321, at the substation, controls the energization of combinations of the supervisory code transmitting relays 4 to M8 and also the energization of relay 43L Relay 431, at its armature 492, in turn completes an energizing circuit for the relay 426 which opens the supervisory circuit. In other words as soon as the point selection is made, thisis made evident by the energization of relay 426. Energization of relay 426 in turn completes an energizing circuit for the relay 424 which at one of its armatures energizes relay 428 and also holds relay 426 energized, and, at its other armatures, switches the signalling lines 234 to 231 tothe contacts of relays 4 to M8 for transmitting a supervisory check code indicative of the selection which has been made.

These operations are timed so as to occur by the time that relay 221 at the office has deenergized, or opened, as indicated above, to reconnect the relays I44 to I5l to the signalling lines over the armatures 296 and their back contacts and the armatures 292 I and their back contacts.

These supervisory check codes are now received and invariably operate the relays I44 to l5| to effect a point selection in accordance with the point selection made at the remote station. Relay H8, in this case, is operated to prepare the final control and supervisory circuits.

The operation of the relay H8 at the office energizes the relay 221 which at its armature 285 prepares an energizing circuit for the relay 229 which would be energized except for the energized condition of relay 232. Relay 232 has been previously energized in accordance with received supervisory code which in turn had already energized relay 23l opening, at armature 281', the possible energizing circuit for the relay 233. Relay 233, however, is later energized for finally completing the control and supervisory circuits.

At the substation end, the energization of relay *4 also completes an energizing circuit for relay 429 which in turn opens an energizing circuit for the relay 424 so that after an interval, relay 424 deenergizes, reswitching the signalling lines to the supervisory receiving relays 3M to 308 and disconnecting the supervisory code transmitting relays 4| l to M8. The opening of the code transmitting circuits at the substation end causesthe deenergization of relay 232 at the office end, which, upon deenergization in response to this operation, indicates that the code operations have been completed, and, at its armature 288, completes an energizing circuit'for the relay 229 which again disconnects the relays M4 to l5! from the supervisory circuit and deenergizes the slowrelease relay 23!.

After an interval of time, the relay 23!, upon deenergization, completes the energizing circuit for the relay 233 which finally switches the signalling lines 234 and 235 for the control and supervisory circuits, respectively, and conditions the line 231 for the transmission of an energizing a common return line by being connected to posi-' tive battery at armature 295.

At the substation, the energization of relay 415 in turn maintains a locking circuit for the relay 43| and the deenergization of the relay 428, in response-to the deenergization of the relay 424, in turn completes an energizing circuit for the relay 425 to complete the final operating circuits.

Control operations may now take place over the conductor 235 and supervisory operations over the conductor 234, after which the apparatus may be restored to normal.

Thus, it will be' seen that the signalling lines 236 and 231 are normally employed as holding lines and that all four conductors 234 to 231 are thereafter utilized for the transmission of control and supervisorycodes for making point selections and checking the point selections. Thereafter, the conductors 234 and 235'function as the supervisory control code and signalling lines, respectively, while conductor 236 functions as a common return line and conductor 231 as a holding 7 line during these operations.

It will also be noted that the circuits are normally connected through for the transmission of the control codes and are disconnected and connected through for a supervisory code an interval thereafter sufficiently long for the control code to be effective, while at the substation end, the point selection itself controls the switching of the signalling lines for transmission of the check codes. The check code when received at the oflice end, in turn operates a point-selecting relay, which, upon operation, controls the final connection through of the signalling line for making the control and supervisory operations after which the selecting apparatus may be restored to normal.

In supervisory control systems, any one of a plurality of breakers may operate automatically at any time and as a matter of fact, a plurality of these may operate simultaneously or at least during the period while a supervisory code of one of the breakers is being transmitted to the oflice. Accordingly, provision must be made not only to transmit back a supervisory code in response to an automatic operation but also to store up such operations by proper mechanism in the event that an operation occurs during the period while a code for a previous operation is being transmitted so that the stored up code may be transmitted following the completion of the transmission for the previous operation.

To this end, each breaker is provided with two relays 334 and 336 and associated with the breakers is the group of relays 454 to 408. Relays 334 and 336 store thesupervisory signal in case the system is occupied by other operations at the time. When a breaker is in the tripped position, its relays 334 and 333 are both deenergized, and when the breaker is in the closed position these relays are both energized. However, when the breaker changes automatically from the tripped to the closed position, only 334 is at first energized until the associated point selecting relays 321 is operated, at which time relay 333 is' also energized. In a like manner, when the thereto and are so arranged that, in the event of an operation of one of the breakers in a group,

the other relays 404 to 408 individual to othergroups are rendered non-effective for an interval of time while the code for the previous operation is being transmitted. Further means is provided whereby if more than one breaker in a single group operates, these operations are also stored as will appear from the detailed description to follow.

It will be assumed that the breaker 33| is in the closed position, as described above, and automatically trips to the open position as shown. With the breaker in the closed position, relay 334, as has been described is energized over the pilot contact of the breaker. When now the breaker trips to its open position, relay 334 is deenergized and operates its armatures to engage their back contacts. It will also be noted that relay 336 was previously energized over point selecting contact 311 while the breaker was closed. Relay 336, upon energization, was looked over its first armature 336. In this condition relay 336 held its armature 381 in engagement with its front contact and relay 334 held its armature 388 in engagement with its front contact. When, however, relay 334 is deenergized in response to the opening of the breaker as described above, armature 388 moves to engage its back contact and a circuit is thereupon completed for energizing the relays 432 and 408 in series. This circuit extends from positive battery through the armature 464 and its back contact, through the winding of the relay 432, armature 463 and its front contact, back contact and armature 494, armature 388 and its back contact, front contact and its armature 381, the winding of the relay 408, through the back contact of its own armature, the back contact and second armature of the relay 404, back contact and second armature of the relay 405, back contact and second armature of the relay 406, back contact and second armature of the relay 401 and back contact and second armature of the relay 408 to negative battery. Relay 408 and relay 432 are energized over this circuit and are thereupon looked over the front contact and second armature of the relay 408 to negative battery.

As a result of the operation of relay 408, the energizing circuits for any other of the relays 404 to 401 is opened by removal of negative battery at the second armature of relay 408. An energizing circuit is also completed for the pointselecting relay 321 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 3'21, armature 386 and its front contact, back contact and armature 385 through the fourth armature and its back contact of the relay 339, the back contact and first lower armature of the relay 338 and all similar armatures of breaker relays in this group and the front contact and third armature of the relay 408 to positive battery. Inasmuch as no other of the relays 403 to 401 can be energized at this time, no other point-selecting relay of another group of breakers can be energized. It will also be noted that the energizing circuit for relay 321 extends through the armatures of the individual relays of succeeding breakers in the same group so that only one point-selecting relay in the same group can be energized.

If, for example, the circuit breaker associated with relays 338 and 339 has operated, the energizing circuit for relay 321 traced above would not have been completed and instead the energizing circuit for relay 328 would have been completed.

In such case the supervisory code for this point selection would have been transmitted to the oilice and relay 336 would have remained energized until the end of the transmission of this breaker signal whereupon, after restoration to normal, relay 321 would have energized. It will be understood from the above description that the signal is stored until the deenergization of relay 336 which terminates the storing operationv Assuming energization of relay 321, its armatures 312, 313 and 314 are operated and complete energizing circuits for the supervisory code transmitting relays M2, M3, M5 and 411 in a manner which has been described in detail hereinbefore. As a result of the energization of these latter relays, a code impulse is prepared for transmission to indicate the selection which has been made for thereafter operating the supervisory signals in accordance with the operation of the breaker.

As a result of the energization of relay 432, a locking circuit is completed therefor over the armature 462 and its front contact and the relay remains energized independently of the relay 42I. A further result of the energization of the relay 432 is to open the holding circuit for the relay 42| at armature 46I and its back contact, which, as will be recalled, completed the return circuit for the normal holding circuit. Relays 42| and 224 at the office are thus deenergized and upon the deenergization of these two relays the circuits traced above are again completed for transmitting the supervisory codes. Thus, at the ofllce end, the deenergization of the relay 224 opens the energizing circuit of the relay 225 which in turn prevents any possible energization of the relay 221 at armature 211 so that even though a control key is operated, its operation cannot effect the transmission of the supervisory code, which will now continue as will be described hereinafter. The deenergization of the relay 226 also transfers the circuit which formerly was traced to the relay 221, to the relay 2 which is thereupon energized over a circuit from negative battery through the winding of the relay 2, back contact and armature 282 and the back contact and armature 28l to positive battery. Relay 2 upon energization, operates its armatures 293 to their front contacts, further opening the holding circuit of the relays 224 and 42| and transferring the circuit, at the oflice end of the conductors 234 to 231, to the armatures 292, which, in turn, extend the circuits through the armatures 290 to the supervisory receiving relays I44 to NH.

At the substation, the deenergization of the relay 42l opens the energizing circuit of the relay 422 and this relay after an interval of time completes an energizing circuit for the relay 423 over the circuit traced in detail hereinbefore. Relay 423, upon energization, operates its armature 482 thereby switching the signalling lines 234 to 231 to the armatures 484.

A further result of the energization of selecting relay 321 is to complete an energizing circuit for the relay 43l over the contact 318 as traced in detail hereinbefore. Relay 43!, upon energization, completes a locking circuit for itself over armature 493 and its front contact and armature 466, and, at armature 494, opens the locking circuit of the relays 432 and of relay 408. At armature 492, it completes an energizing circuit for the slow-release relay 426 from negative battery through the winding of the relay 426, armature 492 and its front contact, back contact and ar- 1 contact and through the winding of the relay 424 to negative battery. Energization of relay 424 switches its armatures 484 to the supervisory code transmitting relays 4 to M8. The supervisory circuits for transmission of the code set up by the relays 4 to M8 are now completed for operating the relays I44 to I5I in a manner which has been described in detail hereinbefore in connection with the supervisory circuitoperations.

Relays I44 to NH, upon operation, in turn control the selecting relays l2I to I24, I31 to I40 and I25 to I34 which set up a point-selecting relay, such as relay II8, for operation. Pointselecting relay H8 in this particular case will be selected and upon the operation of its contact, a supervisory circuit will be'prepared for transmission over the conductor 234 in a manner which has been described hereinbefore.

When the point selecting relay 321 is operated as described above, a circuit is completed for short-circuiting the winding of relay 336 over contact 311, and armature 38I and its back contact to positive battery. Relay 336 thereupon deenergizes.

Upon deenergization of relay 336 at the substation, the energizing circuit for relays 432 and 408 is opened and these relays are deenergized. The circuit for these relays is also opened by relay 43I to prevent energization of any other point selecting relays until the set is restored to normal.

HItwill be noted that in the case of a supervisory operation only, the relay 225 was not energized at the office. Accordingly, the apparatus is restored to normal by opening the holding circuit of relay 221 upon release of either relay 242 or 243. Deenergization of relay 221 initiates restoration of the apparatus in the manner described above. Since relays 242 or 243 release as soon as the supervisory relay IIB has actually changed its position to agree with that of the supervised device, it will be seen that the set restores as soon, as permissible, but not before the supervisory signal has actually been transmitted to the ofiice.

If in the meantime, another breaker has changed its position or. if several breakers have changed their positions at the same time, the corresponding supervisory signals will be successively transmitted until all supervisory relays such as H6 are in accord with their associated breakers.

Although only control supervision of breakers are here shown for purposes of simplicity, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that other control operations may be performed. Thus for example, inasmuch as clear through-circuits are provided from an individual key to the circuit breaker operating magnet and a supervisory circuit is completed directly from the breaker to the supervisory receiving relay, direct control of a remote regulator may be obtained and metering may be carried on over the control or supervisory line or both. Similarly any other desired remote selective control may be carried out over my system.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at said second station, operating means individual to each of said apparatus units at said first station, code transmitting means at said first station variably operated in accordance with the operating means actuated, code-receiving means at said first station, code-receiving means at said second station, code-transmitting means at said second station, a plurality of signalling linesconnecting said stations and disposed to have applied thereto direct current polarities in permutation by said code transmitting means, said signalling lines being normally conditioned for connection to. said codereceiving means at each of said stations, means for providing a holding circuit over one of said signalling lines, means at said first station responsive to the operation of one of said operating means for opening said holding circuit and for switching said signalling lines so as to be associated with said code transmitting means at said first station, means responsive to the opening of said holding circuit for completing the circuit from said code transmitting means at said first station to said signalling lines whereby code combinations of impulses are transmitted over said signalling lines to the code receiving means at said second station, means at said second station responsive to the opening of said holding circuit for completing said circuits from said signalling lines to said code-receiving means thereat whereby said codel-receiving means are operated in accordance'with the code combination of impulses received, means controlled by said code-receiving means for-selecting one of said apparatus units for operation, and means for operating said code-receiving means at said first station in response to thefoperation of said code-transmitting means at said second station initiated by the operation of sai apparatus unit.

2. In a supervisory control system, a first statlon, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at said second station, operating means individual to each of said apparatus units at said first station, code transmitting means at said first station variably operated in accordance with the! operating means actuated, code-receiving means at said first station, code-receiving means at said second station, code-transmitting means at saidsecond station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations and disposed to have applied thereto direct current polarities in permutation bysaid code transmitting means, said signalling lines being normally conditioned for connection to said code-receiving means at each of said stations, means for providing a holding circuit over one of said signalling lines, means at said first station responsive to the operation of one of said operating means for opening said holding circuit and for switching said signalling lines so as to be associated with said code transmitter at' said first station, means responsive to the opening or said holding circuit for completing" thecircuit from said code transmitter to said signalling lines whereby code combinations of received over said lines, means controlled by said code-receiving means for selecting one of said apparatus units for operation, means at said second station responsive to said selection for variably operating said code-transmitting means thereat for generating code combinations of impulses to be transmitted, means responsive to the selection of the apparatus unit for switching said signalling lines from said code receiver at said second station to said code transmitter thereat, whereby check code combinations of impulses are transmitted over said signalling lines to said first station, means at said first station operated an interval after said control code has been transmitted for disconnecting said code transmitter thereat from said signalling lines and for connecting said code receiver thereat to said signalling lines, whereby said code receiver is operated in accordance with the check code transmitted from said second station, and means responsive to said code receiving means at said first station for operating an indicating device for indicating said remote selection.

3. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a plurality of selecting keys at the first station each individual to an apparatus unit, a code transmitter at the first station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines and selectively responsive to the individual operation of the-selecting keys for transmitting different polarity combinations of direct currents over said plurality of signalling lines, a code receiver at the second station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines and selectively responsive to said difierent combinations of direct currents transmitted over said plurality of signalling lines for individually selecting said apparatus units, a normally energized holding circuit completed over one of said signalling lines, means responsive to the initiation of the transmitter into operation for opening said holding circuit, and

- means at each station responsive to the opening of said holding circuit-for connecting the code transmitter and the code receiver to said signalling lines.

4. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a remote station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a transmitter at the first station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines operable to transmit only direct current code combinations of diiferent polarities individual to the ap paratus units over said plurality of signalling lines, a receiver at the second station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines and responsive only to said direct-current code combinations transmitted over said plurality of signalling lines to select apparatus units individual thereto, a normally energized holding circuit maintained over certain of said signalling lines, means at said first station operable in response to the operation of the transmitter for opening said holding circuit and for connecting the transmitter to the signalling lines, and means at the second station responsive to the opening of said holding circuit for connecting the receiver to the signalling lines.

5. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station. a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, an operating key individual to each unit at the first station, code transmitting means at each station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines and selectively operable to transmit different direct-current code combinations only of different polarities over said signalling lines, code receiving means at each station normally disconnected from said plurality of signalling lines and selectively responsive to direct-current code combinations only of different polarities transmitted over said signalling lines, a normaly energized holding circuit extending over certain of said signalling lines, means responsive to the operation of the code transmitting means at the first station for opening the holding circuit and for connecting the said code transmitting means to the signalling lines for a predetermined time and for thereafter connecting the code receiver at the first station to said signalling lines, means at the second station responsive to the opening of said holding circuit for connecting the code receiving means thereat to said signalling lines to select an apparatus unit individual to the code combination transmitted, and means at said second station responsive to said selection for disconnecting the receiver from the signalling lines and connecting the code transmitter thereto to transmit a code combination individual to the selected unit to operate the code receiver at the first station, and means responsive to the operation of said code receiver at the first station for selecting the operating key individual to the selected unit.

6. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting the stations, a transmitter at said first station normally disconnected from the signalling lines and selectively operable to transmit different combinations of direct currents over said signalling lines simultaneously individual to said apparatus units, a starting relay at the first station responsive to the operation of the transmitter thereat, a receiver at the second station normally disconnected from the signalling lines and selectively responsive to said different combinations of direct currents transmitted thereover for selecting an apparatus unit individual thereto, and means at each station operated over certain of said signalling lines in response to the operation of the starting relay at the first station for connecting the transmitter and receiver to the signalling lines.

7. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting the stations, a source of direct current at the first station, transmitter means at the first station normally disconnected from the signalling lines and selectively operable to transmit different code combinations of direct currents over said signalling lines individual to said apparatus units, switch means at the first station operable to connect the transmitter to the signalling lines, receiver means at the second station normally disconnected from the signailing lines and selectively responsive to the said different code combinations transmitted for selecting an apparatus unit individual thereto, switch means at the second station operable to connect the receiver to the signalling lines, and relay means at the first station responsive to the initiation of the transmitter into operation for effecting the operation over certain of said signailing lines of the said switch means at both stations to connect the transmitter means and the receiver means to the signalling lines.

8. In a supervisory control system, a first sta- -tion, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a source of direct current at the first station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations, a control key at the first station individual to each of said apparatus units, transmitting means at the first station normally disconnected from said signalling lines and selectively operable in response to the operation of said control keys to transmit different code combinations of positive and negative currents from said source over said signaling lines individual to said apparatus units, receiving means at the second station normally disconnected from said signalling lines and selectively responsive to said different code combinations for selecting an apparatus unit individual thereto, and relay means at said first and second stations controlled over certain of said signalling lines in response to the operation of the transmitting means at the first station for connecting the said transmitting and receiving means to the signalling lines.

9. In a signalling system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at said second station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting the stations, an operating means individual to each of said apparatus units at said first station, a normal holding circuit comv pleted over one of said signalling lines, means for opening said holding circuit from either end of said signalling line in response to an operation of one of said operating means at said first station or in response to an operation of one of said apparatus units at said second station to condition the system for further operation, transmitting means at each station operable in response to the operation of the operating means at the first station or the operation of an apparatus unit at the second station to transmit code combinations of impulses over said signalling lines individual to said operating means and apparatus units, and receiving means at each station rendered operative in response to the opening of the holding circuit from the other station for substantially instantaneously selecting one of said apparatus units individual to the code combination of impulses when said code is transmitted from the first station or for substantially instantaneously selecting an operating means at the first station individual to a code combinaion of impulses transmitted from the second station.

10. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at said second station, a plurality of signalling lines connecting said stations, a source of direct current at the first station, a transmitter at the first station comprising a plurality of code transmiting relays normally disconnected from the signalling lines selectively operable to transmit different code combinations of positive and negative impulses of direct current only over said signalling lines simultaneously individual to said apparatus units, a selection key at the first station individual to each apparatus unit for selectively controlling the operation of the transmitter, a receiver at the second station normally disconnected from the signalling lines and selectively responsive to the said different code combinations transmitted over the signalling lines for substantially instantaneously selecting an apparatus unit individual to the said code combination transmitted, and means at each station including a normally energized holding circuit completed over certain of said signalling lines responsive to the operation of any one of the code transmitting relays at the first station for connecting the said transmitter and receiver to the signalling lines.

11. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a plurality of line conductors connecting said stations, a normally energized holding circuit completed over certain of said line conductors, sending means at the first station normally disconnected from said line conductors and selectively operable to cause various combinations of direct currents only of opposite polarities to flow simultaneously over said signalling lines, each combination being individual to an apparatus unit, receiving means at the second station normally disconnected from said line conductors and selectively responsive to the said combinations of direct currents for selecting said apparatus units individual thereto, means at said first station operable in response to the initiating of the sending means into operation for opening the holding circuit, means at the first station responsive to the opening of said holding circuit for connecting said sending means to said line conductors for a predetermined time to transmit the said combinations of direct currents thereover, means at the second station responsive to the opening of the said holding circuit for connecting the receiving means to the line conductors to receive the said combinations of direct currents, and means at the second station responsive to the operation of the receiving means thereat for disconnecting said receiving means from the line conductors.

12. In a supervisory control system, a first station, a second station, a plurality of apparatus units at the second station, a plurality o1 signalling lines connecting said stations, a line relay at each station, a normally energized circuit completed over certain of said signalling lines for holding said line relays energized, a source of direct current at the first station, transmitting means at the first station normally disconnected from said signalling lines and operable to transmit different combinations of directourrent impulses only simultaneously over said signalling lines, operating means at the first station individual to said apparatus units operable to selectively control the operation of the transmitting means, means at the first station responsive to the operation of the transmitting means thereat for opening the holding circuit to deenergize the line relays at both stations, means at the first station responsive to the opening of the line relay thereat for connecting the transmitting means to the signalling lines, receiving means at the second station normally disconnected from said signalling lines and selectively responsive to the diiferent combinations of direct-current impulses transmitted for selecting an apparatus unit individual to the transmitted combination of direct-current impulses, and means at the second station responsive to the opening of the line relay thereat for connecting the receiving means to the signalling lines.

HANS P. BOSWAU. 

